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03/06/2022

: APC screening committee clears 13 youthful aspirants, disqualifies 10 others

The All Progressives Congress’ presidential committee has disqualified 10 aspirants from its primaries scheduled for next week.

Chairman of the Committee, John Oyegun, revealed this on Friday.
According to Mr Oyegun, only 13 out of the 23 aspirants screened were cleared by the committee.

He added that only youthful aspirants made the list of cleared aspirants.

However when asked about the identity of the disqualified aspirants, Mr Oyegun declined to disclose the names.

The committee held the screening exercise between Monday and Tuesday this week.

Cleared aspirants are expected to contest the presidential primary at a scheduled special convention in Abuja between June 6 and 8.

12/04/2022

Permanent Voters Card (PVC) does not have expiry date!

10/04/2022

: ZLP declares free nomination forms for youths, women, PLWD

The ZLP has announced that youths, women, and people living with disabilities desirous of contesting in the 2023 elections will be given nomination forms for any of the elective offices free of charge.

In a release issued by the party’s National Secretary, Yahaya Makama, the party said the National Working Committee on Thursday approved the sale of Nomination forms to prospective aspirants and to make it affordable to youths, women and People living with Disabilities.

He said, “The reduction of the nomination fees is to allow credible Nigeria’s who are popular but hindered by high nomination fees charged by Political Parties. They now have the opportunity to use a platform that is pocket friendly in their quest to serve. Youths, women and people living with Disabilities are to obtain their Nominations forms for Free.

The Zenith Labour Party is a Gender-sensitive Political Party and we believe in the inclusiveness of women and youths in the governance of the Country. Women and youths now have a very good opportunity to actualize their political dreams.

We should all move away from the social media Politics to practical grassroots politics to enable us to bring the positive change that we all desire in our country.”

The party however fixed the State Assembly for N350,000, House of Representatives for N700,000 and Senate N2,000,000.

Other categories of forms include N23 million and N12 million for Expression of Interest and Nomination Form for the Presidential and Governorship offices respectively.

07/04/2022

: Court declines to sack Ayade, deputy

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed the suit the PDP filed to declare the seat of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State and his Deputy, Ivara Esu, vacant, following their defection to the ruling APC.

The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, held that the duo could not be sacked from their positions, other than through statutory procedures that were stipulated in sections 180, 188 and 189 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.

It held that defection to another political party was not stated as one of the grounds for the removal of either a governor or his deputy.

“The 3rd and 4th Defendant cannot be removed except by Constitutional provision.

“This court has no power to declare vacant the seat of the 3rd and 4th Defendants”, Justice Ekwo held.

PDP had in its suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/975/2021, prayed the court to sack both Ayade and his deputy, contending that the duo, having abandoned the political party that sponsored their re-election, ought to vacate their respective offices.

25/03/2022

JUST IN: Court postpones judgment on Ayade’s defection

A Federal High Court, Abuja, has shifted the judgment in a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party against Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River to April 6.

Justice Taiwo Taiwo fixed had on March 22 fixed Friday for the judgment.

NAN, however, gathered from Court 7, where Justice Taiwo presides, Friday morning that the judgment, which was earlier fixed for today has been put off because it was not ready.

The PDP, through its counsel Emmanuel Ukala, SAN, had filed the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/975/2021 before Justice Taiwo to seek an order sacking the governor and his deputy over their defection to the All Progressives Congress, among others.

24/03/2022

: Political appointees barred from voting

The All Progressives Congress has barred all political appointees who were selected as delegates from voting at its national convention.

The party posted on its official page .

"ALL Political Appointees elected as delegates to the National Convention slated for 26th March, 2022 will be attending as Observers.
THEY WILL NOT VOTE!".

The decision may be unconnected to the disputed section 84(12) of the electoral act 2022.

22/03/2022

: Ayade to know fate on Friday

A Federal High Court, Abuja, will on Friday, deliver judgment in a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River.

The PDP, through its counsel Emmanuel Ukala, SAN, had filed the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/975/2021 before Justice Taiwo Taiwo to seek for an order sacking the governor and his deputy over their defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), among others.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday, gathered from Court 7, where Justice Taiwo presides that the judgment in suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/975/2021 filed by the PDP against Cross River governor and his deputy will come up on Friday, March 25.

21/03/2022

Just in: Court sacks 20 Cross River lawmakers for defecting to APC

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, sacked 20 members of the Cross River State House of Assembly that defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC.

The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, held that the lawmakers, having abandoned the political party that sponsored them to power, ought to vacate their seats.

The judgement followed a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/975/2021, which was filed by the PDP.

21/02/2022

The All Progressives Congress(APC) has scheduled its Zonal Congresses to hold on March 26, 2022.

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